Agenda
Christine Mummery, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Human pluripotent stem cells in understanding genetic cardiovascular disease and effects of drugs
Yann Barrandon, EPFL
Crossing boundaries
Martin Ehrbar, University Hospital Zurich
Biomimetic biomaterials for the creation of stem / progenitor cell microenvironments
Daniel Cirera, Salinas Institute for Molecular Health Sciences, ETH Zürich
Non-canonical function of DGCR8 is required for exit from pluripotency through splicing of Tcf7l1 mRNA
Walter Blum, Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg
Stem cell factors-based identification and functional properties of in vitro selected subpopulations of malignant mesothelioma cells
Vijay Chandrasekar, Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Zurich
Elucidating the physiological function of cellular PrPC using human iPS cell model system
David Suter, Life Sciences / Institute of Bioengineering, EPFL
A role for mitotic bookmarking of SOX2 in pluripotency and differentiation
Paul Bourgine, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering; ETH Zürich
Engineering of customized human hematopoietic stem cell niches
Paolo Occhetta, University Hospital of Basle
Engineering stable cartilage from adult human mesenchymal stromal cells: the role of BMPs pathway inhibition
Mara Fornaro, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel
ATP citrate lyase: a novel link between skeletal muscle metabolism, satellite cell function and regeneration
Anne-Sophie de Preux Charles, Department of Biology, University of Fribourg
CNTF as a new key local effector of cardiac preconditioning in zebrafish
Caroline and Geoffrey Burns, Harvard Medical School, USA
Mechanisms regulating zebrafish heart regeneration